James mccrodden



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J. MQCRODDEN.

PAGKAGB.

N0. 328,700. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEQ JAMES MOGRODDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,700, dated October 20, 1885,

Application filed September 8, 1885. Serial No. 176,485.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES McORoDDEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Package, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention relates to a package designed more especially for grocers use for holding teas, coffees, spices, cereals, powders, and other dry materials; and the invention consists of the construction of a package with an outer covering of paper, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my new and improved package,aportion of the outer covering of paper being broken away to show the hoops. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the package, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line w 00 of Fig. 2.

The body of my new and improved package Ais made cylindrical in form of straight staves a a, so that the package is of the same external diameter throughout. The lower ends of the staves a are crozed to receive the head b, which is made more secure in the body by the chine-ring d, (shown in Fig. 2.) The upper ends of the staves are beveled, as shown at c, to receive the cover f, which is correspond ingly beveled at its edge to fit the bevel c, and the cover is secured in the package,when the same is to be closed permanently,by the screws 6 6, passed through the upper hoop, 9, upper end of staves a, and into the edge of the cover, as shown in Fig. 2. So, the cover serves also as a permanent head for the package. The

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staves a are bound at suitable places between 0 their ends by the thin sheet-metal hoops h h, and the outer surface of the package is surrounded or covered by the outer shell, B, of heavy paper or pasteboard. The shell B is of a length equal to the length of the staves a, and is held upon the package by the abovementioned outer hoop, g, and the lower outer hoop, g, which are placed upon the package after the shell B is placed upon the staves, so

no extra fastenings are required to hold the shell in place.

The shell B may be of a bright and attractive color to beautify the package, and by its use the outer surfaces of the staves composing the package may be left rough, so that the labor and expense of turning the package in its manufacture is avoided, and the shell renders the package practically air-tight, so far as the entrance of air between the staves is concerned hence the package may be very cheaply made, yet it will be practical for its purpose and present a handsome appearance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new and improved article of inanufac- 6 ture, the package herein shown and described, consisting of the cylindrical body composed of straight staves a, bound in the center by thin hoops h, and provided with beads b and cover f, and surrounded by the shell B of equal length with the staves, and held at its ends by the outer end hoops, g g, placed upon the staves and shell, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JAMES MOGRODDEN.

Witnesses:

O. D. BARBIE, J OHN BAIRD. 

